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Village meeting gets packed for presentation on proposed DeForest data center

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 9:30pm
QTS Data Centers has proposed a $12 billion first phase.

Cyberattacks are up. So why are US defenses down? | Bloomberg News

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 6:40pm
America’s enemies are growing bolder and more sophisticated in cyberspace. To fend them off, the government must stop unilaterally disarming.

Bucks coach Rivers gives update on star forward's injury status

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 5:43pm
A groin strain will likely keep Milwaukee's leading scorer out for “probably two weeks.”

Abortion, school funding and free speech measures passed by state Senate

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 5:37pm
Democratic governor Tony Evers typically vetoes legislation that has not received bipartisan support.

Governor candidates address homelessness challenges at Madison summit

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 4:54pm
The most recent "Point in Time" count for Madison and Dane County, in January, identified 790 people experiencing homelessness, a 7% increase from the previous year.

UW-Madison’s new center studies the link between aging and diseases

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 3:45pm
Age is the biggest disease risk factor for cancer, neurodegenerative disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, co-director Rozalyn Anderson said.

Brewers pitcher among players accepting qualifying offers

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 3:43pm
Milwaukee's two-time All-Star accepted a deal for $22,025,000 to remove himself from the free-agent market.

Concerns grow that stocks shot too high

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 3:37pm
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market fell after another jarring day Tuesday, as worries that their prices shot too high keep dogging Nvidia, bitcoin and other Wall Street stars.

Accused murderer charged with putting hit on witness

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 3:00pm
Creed D. Moore, 18, was charged Tuesday with solicitation of first-degree intentional homicide for trying to get a fellow inmate to kill his former girlfriend, as a criminal complaint alleges.

DIGEST

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 2:24pm
Retired teacher accused of sexual assault

House and Senate vote for release

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 2:12pm
WASHINGTON — The House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to compel the U.S. Department of Justice to publicly release its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an effort that struggled for months to overcome opposition…

Obituary index for Wed., Nov. 19

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 1:37pm
BERTHOLD, Mary Lucille, 84 Lodi

'Guilty' for poisoned candy plot

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 1:06pm
NEW YORK — The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group who tried to recruit an undercover federal agent to dress as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children and racial minorities pleaded guilty to soliciting hate…

New Glarus Brewing owner ordered to pay shareholders

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 1:00pm
While the order from a Dane County court is a victory for the plaintiffs in the case against Deb Carey, it falls well short of what they had sought.

Bipartisan bill would legalize online sports betting in Wisconsin

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 11:31am
Despite securing bipartisan support, the measure has faced harsh scrutiny from some conservatives.

Retired Beloit teacher accused of sex assault of student; may be more victims, authorities say

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 11:25am
In late 2024, the Rock County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau learned of an allegation of sexual contact between a former student and the retired teacher.

Photo of the day: Lighting the rotunda

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 8:35am
Featured images by the Wisconsin State Journal's photo team of Amber Arnold, John Hart and Owen Ziliak.

Authorities identify man killed in crash on Highway 14 in Fitchburg

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 8:35am
The other driver involved in the crash on Thursday morning was taken to a local hospital for treatment of their injuries.

Madison seeks to dismiss class action lawsuit following uncounted ballots

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 7:35am
Law Forward’s suit asks a judge to certify the 193 voters as a class and to find that the city violated their right to vote, and it asks for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

Tom Still: Nobel Prize winner James D. Watson ‘complex’ mentor for UW-Madison researcher

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 6:50am
His onetime student Richard Burgess is known for his decades of work at the UW-Madison’s McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research and the founding of the Wisconsin Biotechnology Center.

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